Elachista exactella

Elachista exactella
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. exactella
Binomial name
Elachista exactella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Poeciloptilia exactella Herrich-Schaffer 1855
  • Cosmiotes exactella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
  • Elachista parvulella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
  • Poeciloptilia parvulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Elachista spectrella Frey, 1885

Elachista exactella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula, east to Romania, north through France and the Benelux to Fennoscandia, east through central Europe to the Baltic region and northern Russia.[1]

Male

The wingspan is 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in).

The larvae feed on Deschampsia flexuosa.

References

  1. ↑ "Elachista (Elachista) exactella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.

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